Michelle has completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Special Education and has completed this program Summa Cum Laude from the University of Texas, San Antonio, accomplishing all this while being a wife, mother to a teen-ager, and taking care of a horse, two dogs and a cat. She has also received a “full ride” scholarship for her Master’s Degree. 
What a nice picture! 
You can take the farm boy out of Idaho . . .
Um . . . Mom, those aren't horses.
This is a horse. 
Dad and Chelle in sunny, beautiful Texas.
Ahhh, Luckenbach. 
Even the grass grows bigger in Texas!
The weather outside is frightful!
But Great Wolf Lodge is so delightful!
The view from the 4th floor down into the lobby.
Gabriel, Cali and Kaili after riding the Alberta Falls water slide.
This is the best water park we've ever been to. 
Mom, she's playing with my toys again.
Hey! Bring that back here.
Good stuff.
Come, they told him, pa-rum-pa-pum-pum. 
No one, but no one, can keep up with Momma Monk. 
Look at what Mama Monk taught me Mom.
Almost have my entire fist in my mouth!
Not a cookie, that's for sure.
This one is in the front room, aka our school room.
This little tree is in Gabriel's room,
This little tree is in Cali's room,
This little tree is in the kitchen. 
And this little tree . . . do I dare say it?
Todd is off camera holding a doggie treat.
Merry Christmas minus Dog.
On the bright side, Michael's had a great sale on wreaths.
We picked up a couple and had a great time decorating them.
